In Class A South, Deering meets Portland, while in Class B South Cape Elizabeth looks to end Yarmouth’s championship reign.
Steve Craig
Staff Writer
Steve Craig reports primarily about Maine’s active high school sports scene and, more recently, the Portland Hearts of Pine men's professional soccer team. His first newspaper job was covering Maine high school sports in 1986 working out of a tiny office in Skowhegan at the front of a hand-sewn shoe shop. After 12 years as a sportswriter in Dover, New Hampshire, he had a multi-year stint as the Portland Press Herald's freelance motorsports writer. In 2012 he was happy to make a working return to Maine as a staff writer for the Press Herald. Steve was named the National Sports Media Association's 2022 Maine Sportswriter of the Year, 27 years after winning the award for New Hampshire.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: Old Orchard Beach steamrolls into state championship game
Even with a few hiccups early – and being forced to punt for the first time all season – the Seagulls defeat Maranacook, 56-8, in the eight-man Small School South final.
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Boys’ soccer: No. 4 Portland knocks off top-ranked Windham in PKs
The Class A South rivals battle to a scoreless draw through two regulation and two overtimes before the Bulldogs prevail on Francisco Samuel’s clinching penalty kick.
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Football notebook: More Monday games in store for next round of playoffs
SMAA teams in Class A and Class B South have opted to play regional semifinals on Monday because of scheduling disruptions in the wake of school closures late last week.
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Football: Greely dominates Mt. Ararat to reach first regional final in program history
The Rangers win 38-0 and will host Brunswick in the Large School eight-man South final Saturday.
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Hunting banned in four communities as Maine’s deer season starts Saturday
No hunting of any kind will be allowed in Bowdoin, Lewiston, Lisbon and Monmouth until further notice as law enforcement continues to search for the suspect in the Lewiston mass shootings.
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Maine high school playoffs on hold in wake of Lewiston shootings
‘Given the horrific tragedy that’s occurred here, rescheduling a football game is a small thing,’ says one coach.
Posted inGirls Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls’ soccer: Cheverus steps up to edge Thornton in overtime, 3-2
Annie Vigue scores the game-winner for No. 5 Cheverus after Thornton’s Quincy Thibault had tied the game with 1:07 left.
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Boys’ soccer: Deering strikes in second overtime to oust Kennebunk, 2-1
Chandrel Mangele-Laza scores the winner, sending the Rams to the Class A South semifinals against Falmouth.
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Eliot’s Quinn McDaniel prospers in first season of pro baseball in Giants’ system
The former UMaine and Marshwood High star hit six homers and had a .424 on-base percentage in 29 minor league games after being drafted by San Francisco in July.